# Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 1997
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Notice of final rulemaking. · Published 1996-07-30 · Effective 1996-10-01 · 61 FR 39585
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-19309
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 39585
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-30
- **Effective date:** 1996-10-01
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 960417113-6186-02
## Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases to adjust certain patent fee amounts to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and to recover costs of operation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/30/96-19309/revision-of-patent-fees-for-fiscal-year-1997)
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